Pumping power



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G. W. GRIMES.

PUMPING POWER. .No. 566,167. Patented Aug. 18, 1896.

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PUMPING POWER. V No. 566,167. Patented Aug. 18, 1896.-

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PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE w. G'RIME'S, or BLUFFTON, INDIANA.

PUMPINGI'POWER.

Application filed March 1 8, 1 8 96.

a To ttZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE IV. GRIMES, of Bluffton, in the county of\Vells and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved PumpingPower, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to mechanism for pumping oil and water wells, theobject being to provide a simple and compact form of constructionwherein all the wearing parts will be within restricted limits, so astobe easy of access, and, further, to provide a frame of strong andnovel construction in which may be supported a number of devices ofdifferent sizes' for connection with pump rods or lines, whereby thelength of throw of said pump rods or lines may be easily'and quicklyregulated.

The invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter particularly specified, and pointed out inthe appended claims.

Reference isto be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a pumping mechanism embodying myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a planview of a-pump plate-ring employed. Fig. 4 is a plan view of anotherpump plate-ring employed, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of still anotherpump plate-ring employed.

The base of the well-pumping power comprises sills 1 2 3, securedtogether and arranged at such angles with relation to each other as toform a triangular support for the power device. Supported on the outerend of the sills 2 3 is a sill 4, upon which is to be mounted an engineor'other motor for operating the device.

Supported on the sills 1 2 3 is a frame comprising three uprights 5,which are here shown as converging toward their upper ends. The upperends of these uprights 5 are connected by a spider 6, having extendedthrough its central portion a vertical box 7, forming a bearing for anoperating-shaft 8. To provide an increased strength for the spider 6, Ipreferably provide its upper and lower sides with Serial No. 533,733.1N0 w ribs or braces 9, which of course are cast inside strengtheningflanges or braces 13.

Secured to the shaft 8 above the spider 10 is a master gear-wheel 14,which .meshes with a pinion 15 on a shaft 16, having a hearing at oneend in a box 17, secured to the spider 10, and also having a bearing atthe opposite side of the pinion 15 in a box 18, secured to an upright 5.The outer end of the shaft 16 is provided with a clutch-section 19,adapted for engagement with a clutch section 20, mounted to movelongitudinally on an extension-shaft 21, which has a bearing in a box onthe upper end of an upright 22, extended from the sill 3, and also has abearing in a box 23, mounted on the motor-base 4:.

In use the motor will be placed onthe base 4 and have a band or otherconnection with the shaft 21. I have here shown the shaft 21 as providedwith a wheel 24:, with which a band from the motor may engage. Theclutch-sections 19 and 20 may be thrown into and out of engagement bymeans of a shifting-lever 25, engaging with the movable section 20 ofsaid clutch.

Mounted on the upper side of the master gear-wheel 14 and arrangedeccentrically to its axis is a ring-plate 26, having an outerupwardly-extending flange 27 and an inner upwardly-extending flange 28,which form an annular channel in the ring-plate. Mounted to moverelatively to the ring-plate 26 is a pump rod or line plate 29, having adownwardly-extended flange 30, adapted to engage in the channel formedbetween the plates 27 and 28 of the ring-plate 26, and it will be seenthat the inner flange 28 of the ring-plate 26 extends upward and isflush with the upper surface of the rod or line plate 29, thusincreasing the wearing-surface between the ring-plate 26 and the rod orline plate 29.

Above the ring-plate 26, and mounted eccentrically on the shaft 8, is aplate 31, which has a central hub port-ion to engage the shaft 8 and anupwardly-extended flange 32 on its periphery, with the interior of whichthe downwardly-extended flange 33 of a pump rod or line plate 34engages. The upper end of the shaft Sis projected above the spider 6 andhas secured to it a crank-arm 35, which has adj ustably mounted on it aplate 36, having upwardly-extended flanges 37 38, forming an annularchannel within which the downwardly-extended. annular flange of a pumprod or line plate 39 engages. The parts 36 39 may be adjusted laterallywith relation to the axis of the shaft 8. As here shown, for thispurpose I provide the crank-arm with a series of holes through whichfastening-bolts may pass, the said bolts also passing through openingsin the bottom of the ring-plate 36. It will be seen that thesereciprocating mechanisms are made successively smaller from the bottomone upward, so that when desired to change the throw of apump rod orline the same may be changed from one reciprocating mechanism toanother.

It is to be understood that either pump-rods 40 or pump lines or cables41 may be extended from the several operating plates or rings, or thatboth of said devices may be employed, as occasionally may be required.In either event the devices are removably attached to the parts 29, 34,or 39 by means of suitable clips. The pump-rods 40 are shown asconnected by means of clip-plates 42, secured, respectively, to the topand bottom sides of the rods by means of bolts, and having a single boltextended through their ends and en- It will be seen by the constructiondescribed that the device is very strong and compact, and that thethrows of the several rods or lines may be regulated at pleasure. Thispump-actuating mechanism will run quite smoothly to operate the rods orlines without jerking or sudden pulls, which would be apt to break thesame.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A well-pumping power, comprising a frame, avertical shaft mounted therein, a master-gear on the shaft,a ring-platemounted eccentrically on the master-gear and having upwardly-extendingflanges forming an annular channel, and a pump rod or line ring having aflange engaging in said channel, the upper surface of said line-ringbeing flush with the upper edge of the inner flange of the ring-platesubstantially as specified.

2. A well-pumping power, comprising a frame, a vertical shaft mountedtherein, a master-gear on the shaft, a ring-plate mounted eccentricallyon the master-gear, a rod or line ring engaging with said plate, an armextended laterally from the upper end of the shaft, and a pump rod orline actuating device adjustably mounted on said arm, substantially asspecified.

3. A well power pumping mechanism, com- .prising a vertical shaft,*aplate mounted eccentrically thereon and having an elongated hub portionengaging with the shaft and also having an upwardlyextending annularflange, and a rod or line ring engaging with said flange, substantiallyas specified.

GEORGE W. GRIMES. Witnesses:

DANIEL W. SEMsEL, AUGUSTUS N. MARTIN.

